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Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right5
Conditional / special use12
Accessory2
Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- Consistent exterior materials
Exterior finish materials on the majority of the façade (greater than fifty-percent) shall be the same type on the majority (greater than fifty-percent) of all elevations of the primary structure.
- Garage location
If the garage is attached to the primary dwelling, the garage door opening shall not face the primary frontage, or if front-loading, must be recessed from the primary façade by a minimum of five (5) feet. For multiple lots, no more than 50% of dwellings may have a recessed front-loading attached garage.
- Minimum window percentage on front façade15 pct
A minimum of fifteen percent (15%) of the front facing building façade shall consist of windows.
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. exterior materials
Concrete masonry units, or cinderblock, shall not be a visible exterior finish material from the public road, right-of-way, or adjacent residential property.
- Pedestrian street-facing entrance
The primary structure shall have a minimum one (1) pedestrian street-facing entrance on the front façade. The entrance must be within eight (8) feet of the longest street-facing wall and shall face the street, be at an angle of up to 45 degrees, or open on to a porch.
Lot
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. attached6,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
six thousand (6,000) for single-family, attached dwellings.
- Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line. for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. attached37.5 ft
thirty-seven and one-half (37.5) feet for single-family, attached lots.
Other
- Landscape plan required
A landscape plan shall be required and landscaping, trees, buffers, and screening shall be provided in accordance with the applicable provisions of ATC article XXIII of this chapter.
- Site plan required
A site plan shall be required as set forth in ATC article XVII of this chapter.
Setback
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure side and rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.5 ft
The minimum side and rear yards for accessory structures shall be five (5) feet.
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. attached lots
For single-family attached lots, one of the side yards shall have a zero-lot line setback.
From the ordinance
The minimum lot area shall be eight thousand (8,000) square feet for single-family, detached or two-family dwellings; six thousand (6,000) for single-family, attached dwellings.